Interdisciplinarity
Toward the Definition of a Metadiscipline?
©2001
Monographs
XIV,
146 Pages
Series:
American University Studies, Volume 187
Summary
Interdisciplinarity defines and discusses disciplinarian thinking in a world dominated by increasing complexity. Is interdisciplinarity the answer to the contradictions and paradoxes created by this situation? The nature of the interdisciplinarian activity is analyzed in this context and the author concludes that, while «practical interdisciplinarity» may at times be very successful, many interdisciplinarian activities lead to confusion and deep antagonisms between different intellectual «cultures.» Interdisciplinarity as a «metadiscipline» remains still to be defined.
Details
- Pages
- XIV, 146
- Publication Year
- 2001
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9780820440781
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Intellectual culture Complexity Contradiction Paradox Metadiscipline
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., Oxford, Wien, 2001. XIV, 146 pp.
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